Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)

Director:

Anthony Pelissier

Writers:

Monja Danischewsky (writer)
Alec Grahame (additional dialogue)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

Plot:

A T.V. set given as a retiremant present is sold on to different households causing misery each time. |

Plot Keywords:

Ealing | Based On Play

Cast

Stanley Holloway	...	Sam Hollingsworth / Mr. Lucifer
Peggy Cummins	...	Kitty Norton
Jack Watling	...	Jim Norton
Barbara Murray	...	Patricia Pedelty
Joseph Tomelty	...	Mr. Pedelty
Kay Kendall	...	Lonely Hearts Singer
Gordon Jackson	...	Hector McPhee
Charles Victor	...	Mr. Elder
Humphrey Lestocq	...	Arthur
Jean Cadell	...	Mrs. Macdonald
Raymond Huntley	...	Mr. Patterson
Ernest Thesiger	...	Mr. Macdonald
Frank Pettingell	...	Mr. Roberts
Olive Sloane	...	Mrs. Stannard
Gilbert Harding	...	Himself

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Company:

Michael Balcon Productions

Trivia:

First film of Fanny Carby.

A look at the 1950's when the first TV sets arrived.

Another in a long line of great black and white British films of the 1950's. When Mr Pedelty (Joseph Tomelty) leaves his firm, he is given a TV set as a retirement present. At first he enjoys all the attention from his neighbours,but soon the attraction wears off, and he sells it on to the young married couple (Jack Watling and Peggy Cummins) living in the flat above him. They soon encounter the same problems,and again the set is passed on to several different charatures all with the same results. A very enjoyable story with a strong cast including Kay Kendall, Barbara Murray, and as the pantomime devil Stanley Holloway.